Great article on the ins and outs of online bookselling: A Success Story: Step-by-Step Online Bookseller Guide www.ecommerce-guide.com November 19, 2007 “Since the invention of movable type the sale of new, used and rare books has been a large, steady worldwide...
Hey Presto! R10 Potter Book Now Worth Thousands allAfrica.com: South Africa Cape Argus (Cape Town) 7 September 2007 Natasha Prince “Harry Potter is magic! A Stellenbosch family who bought the first Harry Potter novel at a bargain bookstore 10 years ago for a...
Margin of Safety: Risk-Averse Value Investing Strategies for the Thoughtful Investor by Seth Klarman – it’s a mouthful, but if you ever stumble across a copy of this 1991 book – snatch it up immediately. Seems to be a nice market for it right now,...
Antiques and Estate Auctioneers will be holding a collectibles auction tomorrow, Saturday, June 9, 2007 at 10:00 am at their gallery located at 44777 St. Rt. 18 E., Wellington, Ohio. An online catalog and bidding will be available for this auction at www.proxibid.com....
Heritage Auction Galleries recently held an auction of rare books and manuscripts on April 16 and 17, 2007 in Dallas, Texas. The auction of 1,237 lots realized $2,333,045, though the final totals will probably be higher after the ongoing sales are completed....
Antiques and Estate Auctioneers will be holding an antique and collectibles auction from the trust of Margaret Walker and others on April 14, 2007 at 10:00 am. at their gallery located at 44777 St. Rt. 18 E., Wellington, Ohio. An online catalog and bidding will be...
Heritage Auction Galleries is auctioning an extremely rare first edition copy of the 1818 edition of Frankenstein. “Copies of the 1818 edition of Frankenstein rarely surface,” Tom Slater, Director of Americana auctions for Heritage Auction Galleries said,...
Elaine Krieg Smith has released her top ten list of children’s books for December of 2006 on her Bookseller Blog: Top Ten Children’s Books Sold on eBay – December 2006 Holding the number one spot was a copy of Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn, which...
The original, 1943 children’s book, “The Gremlins: A Royal Air Force Story” was written by Roald Dahl (“Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” and “James and the Giant Peach”) and illustrated by Walt Disney Studios. An Air Force...
Thieving library staff take a love of rare books too far World – Times Online November 24, 2006 “A mysterious gap in a dusty bookshelf gave the game away for a corrupt library worker who stole more than $1 million US of antique tomes from one of...